A Random MP3 Trilogy



Grizzly Bear debuted a new song on Letterman last week from their forthcoming album due out spring of next year. I think when it’s all said and done, these guys will go down as one of the greatest bands to ascend from the “blog-era” of music. On a side note, right now Insound is offering some great limited edition shirts, hoodies, and posters from artist Jason Munn for 20 different bands including Grizzly Bear. Here’s the vid and mp3 for “Two Weeks”:

Grizzly Bear : Two Weeks

Chicago’s Maps And Atlases have dropped another really great EP recently that I have been jamming hard. You & Me & The Mountain is a short and sweet 17+ minutes of prog-meets-math-meets-indie rock that is definitely worth picking up. Enjoy the opening track:

Maps And Atlases : Witch

I don’t really talk too much about hip-hop around these parts, mostly because its rare I come across new hip-hop albums I absolutely love very often these days. I guess I just don’t know where to look to find the good good, but I certainly enjoy quality rap when it hits my ears (yo, suggest me some!), and the new Lil Wayne album, Tha Carter III, is one of the best I’ve heard in the last few years. That’s not to say over time it will necessarily hold up against the elite, classic hip-hop albums of the genre’s earlier history, but it’s pretty damn good. Here’s a jam that cracks me up:

Lil Wayne : Mrs. Officer

SXSW 2008 Day 4/Wrap-Up

Ok, I promise this is our last SXSW post. Most Likely. Anyways, the last day of the fest started with us sleeping in a bit later than normal, but we made it in time to catch Plants And Animals at an Urban Outfitters next to UT campus. They rocked it out:

After a long hike back to the main strip, Biggie C and I split up. He went to catch Dead Confederate, who ended up using almost all of their set doing cover of Sonic Youth‘s “Diamond Sea”. I went and caught Sea Wolf:


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